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Ive always had a soft spot for a clean bay. Seeing as its what I'll be looking at most of the time, I want it looking good.

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Sorry if I'm mistaken, but I thought that "Shaving" an engine bay required cutting out the existing steel and welding in new panels. I have never seen a car been done with the method you are doing, seems kinda redundant to add more weight to the bay when swapping a motor for more power.

Don't get me wrong, i love the look of a nice shaved bay, but just confused as to why you went with this method....

Sorry if I'm mistaken, but I thought that "Shaving" an engine bay required cutting out the existing steel and welding in new panels. I have never seen a car been done with the method you are doing, seems kinda redundant to add more weight to the bay when swapping a motor for more power.

Don't get me wrong, i love the look of a nice shaved bay, but just confused as to why you went with this method....

I've seen it before, good result too. Gives it that clean look that stock e30s can't accomplish. More weight yeah, but the RB will make up for it

Sorry if I'm mistaken, but I thought that "Shaving" an engine bay required cutting out the existing steel and welding in new panels. I have never seen a car been done with the method you are doing, seems kinda redundant to add more weight to the bay when swapping a motor for more power.

Don't get me wrong, i love the look of a nice shaved bay, but just confused as to why you went with this method....

I'm not worried about weight to be honest. The RB is already like 3 times heavier than a stock m20. And I bet my mounts alone are 30 pounds. I don't see a couple peices of sheet metal weighing me down.

Anyone else have rust under their fuse box? Geez I must have just cut out a foot of metal.

I'm not worried about weight to be honest. The RB is already like 3 times heavier than a stock m20. And I bet my mounts alone are 30 pounds. I don't see a couple peices of sheet metal weighing me down.

Anyone else have rust under their fuse box? Geez I must have just cut out a foot of metal.

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Got lucky with my car, almost no rust on it at all, its an american car, so as long as you deal with the airbag column which isn't too bad, all is good.

wow you make the RB conversion look easy, congrats on getting it running so fast

great idea with the removable core support too, im sure it helped x a million

good luck with the finger, that sucks. what else is left?

Thanks man, its been very challenging but ive enjoyed it so far!

As for whats left, its basically just small stuff. I just ordered my massive brakes booster delete. I need a fuel pump, my drive shaft welded, power steering lines made, intercooler piping, downpipe, fuel lines and brakes lines redone and a custom fitting for my clutch slave. After that it should run and "drive", and i have to finish the engine bay when my finger grows back lol

I also just remembered the colour for the car has been picked and i found wheels i want, ill update that later.